Calculating the Sky

Astronomical Math

Calculating the Sky

Astronomical Math

Astronomy and Math

-Astronomy is the study of the sun, moon, stars, planets, comets, gas, galaxies, dust and other non-Earthly bodies and phenomena.-Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences. Astronomers use math all the time.-One way it is used is when we look at objects in the sky with a telescope. The camera that is attached to the telescope basically records a series of numbers.- In order to be able to understand the information that these numbers contain, we need to use math and statistics to understand them.- Mathematics explains how the Universe functions